Coronavirus, latest news. In Italy 947 new cases (never so many since May 14) and 9 deaths. Tampons in decline

DAILY AND INFECTIOUS SWABS

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The healed continue to grow, reaching 204,960: +274 (+ 0.13%). The number of the currently positive ones also rises, which now are 16,678: +664 (+ 4.15%). The pressure on hospitals is also growing slightly, with the number of patients returning to 919 (+36) and that of patients in intensive care which rises to 69, with a new hospitalization in Lombardy. The positives in home isolation are 15,690, also increasing: +627 (+ 4.16%).

Regions with zero infections

Basilicata and Valle d’Aosta are the regions that today do not register new infections. Two infections in Molise and Calabria, followed by all the others. It is in Lombardy that the largest number of new cases are counted: 174 (yesterday there were 154), followed by Lazio with 137 (yesterday there were 115) and Veneto with 116 (yesterday there were 159).

Lombardy

In Lombardy, the region that remains the most affected by the coronavirus, there are 97,892 cases since the beginning of the epidemic: +174 precisely (of which 26 weakly positive) compared to yesterday, when they had been +154 (+91 on August 19) . Deaths rose to 116,852: +6 in the last 24 hours against +2 yesterday (+4 on 19 August). The swabs carried out are 10,703 (bringing the overall total to 1,432,476), down from 13,757 yesterday (9,000 on 19 August).

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